didn't like doing this as it's probably the semi-tame one from the garden last year BUT it chose to spend winter in the garage and I was finding bits of foam cladding and tool handles all over the place. gave it a week with the humane traps but enough was enough.
11th Jan 2021 10:42 pm
darrind
Member Since: 04 Jul 2008
Location: In A World of My Own!
Posts: 2891
Did the same job in the attic today - found something had crapped on the Christmas Decoration boxes when I went back up to get them last week so had some traps up there - unfortunately found a lovely little vole up there in one today Hopefully its the only one...
Peanut butter works like a charm.
Just got to check my traps for the next week to see if there are any moreMust stop buying shiny toys....
11th Jan 2021 10:49 pm
Iguana
Member Since: 14 Oct 2013
Location: 'Sunny' Zomerset
Posts: 9424
Who needs traps when you have some oo gauge railway track
Click image to enlarge
Poor chap must have trapped his foot, on the track in the garage, then starved Iggy/Ieuan
Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper
- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)
11th Jan 2021 11:18 pm
RRSTDV8
Member Since: 07 Apr 2014
Location: Here
Posts: 13553
We had some rats raiding the bird feeders - yes, I know it's easy food etc. - so bought a trap in a box like this:
Click image to enlarge
It's got a really strong spring which is what you want for a nice quick dispatch.
Wanted one in a box as we have dogs that will find a way to get a nose where it will get hurt, and wanted a trap as dogs and bait boxes makes me worry. Not unusual for bait to get dragged out by a rat and then dogs can find it.
Anyway, tried the usual such as peanut butter. No joy, trap sat there for weeks. Rats ignored it. So we put in some parmesan and bang! we had two rats in three days. Obviously posh rats around here - only decent cheese for them! Hopefully that's the end of it as we haven't seen a rat since the second one got crunched.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
2012 RRS SDV6
2008 RRS TDV8
"When you fire that first shot, no matter how right you feel, you have no idea who's going to die! You don't know who's children are going to scream and burn. How many hearts will be broken. How many lives shattered. How much blood will spill, until everybody does what they were always going to have to do from the very beginning: SIT DOWN AND TALK!"
11th Jan 2021 11:20 pm
PROFSR G
Member Since: 06 Mar 2017
Location: Lost
Posts: 5044
They're fast learners! Very fast yµ (idµ - eAµ) ψ=mψ
11th Jan 2021 11:49 pm
James W
Member Since: 27 Mar 2008
Location: Riyadh, KSA
Posts: 3079
Good tip with the parmesan, I've only used peanut butter in the past. I do believe they are choosy over which peanut butter you use. I prefer to shoot them anyway (well, rats, not mice), it's better sport D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
2018 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography - Gone to someone with less sense and more time to enjoy it
2016 Toyota Hilux Invincible - Liberating experience
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
